Many people fear hearing the phrase “root canal treatment” as much as the procedure itself. Yet root canal treatments solve serious problems, with less pain and complication than the alternative treatment – tooth extraction. So, why the disconnect? In centuries past, people suffered tremendously from toothaches. Over time researchers learned that the most serious pain…

Suffered for centuries as burning pains in the throat and middle chest, we call it “heartburn.” Today we know heartburn occurs when acid escapes from the stomach and travels back up the esophagus. The one-way valve (sphincter) designed to keep acid only in the stomach sometimes relaxes open enough to allow the acid out. Powerful…